Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) in wild animals: Report of new host species and ecological implications

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 262-267

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a   Mallia, Egidio ^b   DiGeronimo, Peter M ^c   Brianti, Emanuele ^d   Testini, Gabriella ^a   Traversa, Donato ^e   Lia, Riccardo P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Parco Regionale Gallipoli Cognato Piccole Dolomiti Lucane   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Felis silvestris; Host specificity; Lepus europaeus; Martes foina; Meles meles; Parasite; Phortica variegata; Reservoir; Thelazia callipaeda; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARCASS; CARNIVORE; CAT; CONJUNCTIVA; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; EUROPE; FAUNA; FEMALE; FOX; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HARE; HOST; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; THELAZIA; THELAZIA CALLIPAEDA; THELAZIASIS; WILD ANIMAL; WOLF;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CARNIVORA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; EYE; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; ITALY; MALE; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; THELAZIOIDEA;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; MARTES FOINA; MELES MELES; NEMATODA; PHORTICA; SPIRURIDA; THELAZIA; THELAZIA CALLIPAEDA; THELAZIIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 70449526197     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.08.027     Document Type: Article

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